Manuscript Finding Aids

Merton Corpus and Bellarmine Merton Collection

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Merton Center Classification: Section C – Manuscripts of Books and Pamphlets

C.1: Holographic Journals and Reading Notebooks

Index to Notebooks: Sorted by Names and Subjects
Index to Notebooks: Sorted by Date
Index to Notebooks: Sorted by Journal Number

C.2: Manuscripts and Typescripts of Books and Pamphlets

List of Manuscripts of Books and Pamphlets by Thomas Merton

C.3: Proofs of Books and Pamphlets – Galleys

List of Galley Proofs (and other proofs) of Books and Pamphlets by Thomas Merton

C.4: Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations about Merton

Indexes to theses and dissertations about or with substantial reference to Merton

C.5: Other Proofs (for books about Merton)

List of Manuscripts and Proofs for Books about Thomas Merton

C.6: Contracts for books and articles by Merton, foreign and domestic

List of publishing contracts for books, including agreements stipulating foreign publication rights and translation rights.

    (See also "Contracts" in Section A, Correspondence.)

The above links navigate to finding aids for manuscripts that were later published and some materials that remain unpublished. For published books, please refer to the Bellarmine University Library Catalog.

Merton Center Classification: Section D  – Published Material of Opuscula

D.2: Mimeographed Material: Essays, Poems and Lecture Notes by Thomas Merton

Includes "The Cold War Letters" as distributed by Merton.

List of Mimeographs by Thomas Merton

D.5: Collected Essays by Thomas Merton (Monastic Compilation)

Alphabetical listing of all the essays from the 24 volume collection compiled at Gethsemani Abbey

Listing of 24 volume titles (collected into topical volumes) with links to the article names

Note: Most of the essays and notes in Section D are published, but there are a small number of unpublished essays interfiled.

Merton Center Classification: Section E  – Manuscript Material of Opuscula

E.1: Articles, Essays, and Reading Notes by Thomas Merton

List of Manuscript Essays and Reviews by Thomas Merton

E.2: Poetry by Thomas Merton

List of Manuscript Poems by Thomas Merton